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What Is the Maximum Extractable Value (MEV) Associated with Oracle Updates?

MEV in oracle updates refers to the profit that miners or validators can extract by reordering, censoring, or inserting their own transactions around an oracle update. For stablecoins, MEV is highly profitable in liquidations: an actor sees an impending update that triggers a liquidation and front-runs the transaction to claim the liquidation bonus.

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